Lonely iOS users have been able to talk to Siri for quite some time now, and as of yesterday Google has released its Google Now for iOS.

This very useful spy feature will need time to learn your habits, and will suggest that you need to visit that friend and meet him/her for lunch each Thursday, or something along those lines. You will be able to ask some (not so) useful questions such as who were the tallest US president and most importantly check the weather. Google Now will help you out with directions, sports scores, weather, birthdays and most importantly iOS users will get it at a time when millions of Android users still cannot run it on their old devices.

Don’t get us started on Google fragmentation, now with Android 4.3 or 5.0 behind the corner things appear to be turning for the worse. Google Now is definitely not something that will change your life, but it can be a useful tool if you need help organizing your daily tasks. It definitely beats Siri, as it is quicker to answer, at least in most cases.

It is available, and if you have an iPhone and you want to give it a try, just hit the App store and install it. If you have an old Android phone, you can’t.

The new way to search will be presented by cards. In the live demo, when asked "Who is the prime mister of Japan" the phone responds in a quite humanoid female voice.

The question: "What is the definition of Robot" tells you what you need to know and it can answer some basic stuff. In the live demo a chap also askied for a picture of a "Pygmy marmoset dwarf monkey" and believe it or not he got the picture and could seach the web for more date. It is basically Google's anwser to Siri.

Google now gets the right information at the right time, claims Google exec Hugo Barra. Google's voice search uses location, calendar and all available data and it will also help you find a driving route or public transport alternative, when the next bus arrives, or if there is a faster route for your commute.

Google places can tell you what sort of restaurants are nearby and it can even tell you what a particular restaurant is famous for. Hopefully not a Salmonella or E-coli outbreak.

The Next Appointment function will tell you how much it will take you to get to your destination by any available means, by foot, car or public transport. It will tell you all about your flight including delays, sport results , traveling internationally will get currency conversion and translation eg from English to German.